So they’re in the process of setting it up and we’re going to see what happens.”.
A senior administration official characterized the situation as Trump taking a “wait-and-see approach” to whether a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting could be scheduled.
After the meetings at the White House, Trump spoke to Putin on a call that lasted around 40 minutes.
Putin’s foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, later said the two leaders agreed that more senior negotiators would be appointed for direct talks between Russia and Ukraine.
At a news conference on Monday night after the White House meetings, Zelenskyy said that the European leaders’ meeting with Trump centered on security guarantees for Ukraine in any peace agreement to ensure Russia did not resume its invasion.
Trump offered to contribute to security guarantees, but has since ruled out deploying US troops to be part of a military force on the ground in Ukraine.
It was not immediately clear whether that was part of the Ukraine weapons deal Trump announced last month. »
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